Jelimo, Jepkosgei win 800m semi finals Kenyan stars will be in action in the women's marathon, the men's 10,000m final and the women's 3,000m steeplechase final that should see history created as the ...
The Jockey Club is projecting a 2009 North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 35,400, a decline of 3.3% from the revised estimate of 36,600 registered foals for 2008. The foal crop project...
Dell Hancock and D.G. Van Clief Jr. have been elected to the board of stewards of The Jockey Club, filling the positions vacated by Donald R. Dizney and John C. Oxley at the expiration of their four-y...
Any Limit, winner of this year’s Honorable Miss Handicap (gr.II) and First Flight Handicap (gr.II), will miss the Ballerina (gr.I) at Saratoga Aug. 24, because of a recurring injury. After An...
Claire Walker's daughter is "really angry" the stadium is closing The 36-year-old says she used to work at a local hospice and the stadium provided the perfect antidote because it was "full of life ...
Doncaster Handicap winner Triple Honour has returned to racing in style, easily winning the Group Two Premier Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.The promising four-year-old, who started at $3 for the race, to...
Trainer Ross McDonald and jockey Brad Rawiller are not concerned by Weekend Hussler's defeat in the Group 2 Liston Stakes on Saturday, with both believing there are bigger stages to knock off unbeaten...
Robert P. (Bob ) Benoit, 81, died on the afternoon of Aug. 15 at Centinela Valley Hospital in Inglewood, Calif., after a lengthy illness. Cause of death was pneumonia. Benoit, a longtime Thoroughbr...
In women's weightlifting, it's possible to have beauty as well as brawn. That's the defiant message coming from the bar belles of the Beijing Olympics. World and Olympic champion Cao Lei, and 2006 Com...
Light Fantastic has gained first blood in the battle of Australia's two most exciting horses, edging out Weekend Hussler in the Group 2 JJ Liston Stakes at Caulfield.The Mick Price trained four-year-o...
Following more than a week of difficult negotiations, 36 pregnant Thoroughbred mares and one stallion were removed from a Phoenix, Ariz., feedlot Aug. 15 and are now at two safe locations in the state...
Australian Youcef Abdi has run a personal best to qualify for the 3000m steeplechase final at the Beijing Olympics.The Alergian-born Abdi clocked eight minutes 17.97 seconds in his heat at the Nationa...
Saratoga 's yielding inner turf course when she powered home from the back of the pack to dominate the $150,000 Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT) for her first stakes victory Friday. Third in last year'...
A couple of buyers new to the European bloodstock scene helped Arqana’s August yearling sale begin on a bright note in Deauville, France, Aug. 15. The free-spending Australia mining magnate Nat...
Trainer Jeff Mullins, already on probation following a 20-day suspension for a Class 2 medication violation earlier this year, could face an additional 70 days after being accused in a second Californ...
A dozen older horses remain solidly committed to competing in Del Mar's signature race, the $1-million Pacific Classic (gr. I) on Aug. 24. The 1 1/4-mile Polytrack test is a "Win and You're In...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -Trainer Larry Jones awaits a decision that will be made in Dubai but is crucial to the prospects of the filly he'll send to the post at Saratoga Race Course for the $600,0...
Bay Meadows is home to the longest-running stakes event in California, the Bay Meadows Handicap, which was captured twice by the great Seabiscuit. Russell Baze became the sport's winningest jockey in ...
From left, Jessica Augusto of Portugal, Sophie Duarte of France, Jennifer Barringer of the United States, Tatiana Petrova of Russia and Roisin Mcgettigan of Ireland compete in the Women's 3000m Steepl...
Trainers will be keen to prepare their charges for a shot at the $2.2 million Mercedes Derby to be run at Ellerslie. Photo / Richard Robinson Details of the taxpayer top-up in prize-money for ...
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